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CAD/CAM survey Abu Dhabi Ship Building selects AVEVA Marine for ship designing and building Aveva, a leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the marine industry, has announced that Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a prominent shipbuilder in the Middle East, has selected the Aveva Marine software solution to support the design, fabrication and construction of its new projects. ADSB specialises in the construction, repair, refit and upgrade of naval, military and commercial ships at their yard located in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi. ADSB has especially strong ties with the UAE Navy and is affiliated with several Gulf navies. Their decision to select Aveva Marine came after rigorous studies and benchmarks of other commercially available systems. Aveva Marine has become an integral part of ADSB’s exciting business plan. Major Waleed Al Tamimi of Abu Dhabi Ship Building said: “ADSB will use Aveva Marine to help us achieve the business and operational benefits that we need to meet our current and developing business plan. In addition to the Navy of the UAE, we have been awarded contracts for the navies of other countries. We are also developing our commercial shipbuilding business to match the growing opportunities, particularly in the Arabian Gulf, in support of the expanding offshore and construction industries. ADSB is implementing world- class production technologies and modern working practices and Aveva Marine is an important component of us being able to do these.” For further information contact: Aveva Marine, UK. Web: www.aveva.com Deltamarin designs passenger/vehicle/container vessel for Transport Desgagnés operations, a streamlined bow to reduce wave making, smooth transition areas and a long centre skeg in the aft ship to improve course stability. Deltamarin has developed a new passenger/vehicle/container vessel design for the Canadian shipowner and cargo and tanker operator Transport Desgagnés to operate on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The demanding task was to develop a design capable to operate year-round in the harsh environment with high capacity and good ice-going capabilities with excellent manoeuvrability in limited harbours. Limited main dimensions due to harbour restrictions led to a demanding design task. A short and full hull was required with good performance and adequate course stability. The hull form incorporates a special type of bulbous bow for open water and ice Two azimuthing propulsion units (Z-drives) and two bow thrusters give excellent handling capabilities for the vessel against heavy winds in narrow and congested routes and harbours. Deltamarin was selected by the owner to develop the tender package for international yard tendering. After detail yard evaluations, Kraljevica Shipyard in Croatia was selected as the builder. Final contract design was developed together with model testing of the hull form and propulsion arrangement. Extensive use of Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) optimisation with model tests resulted at the end in better results than expected. The vessel design has an overall length of 95.1 metres on a beam of 19.35 metres and a draught of 4.42 metres. With a service speed of 15 knots, the Ice Class 1A vessel is designed to carry 381 passengers in 63 cabins and has a container capacity of 125TEU. For further information contact: Deltamarin, Finland. Web: www.deltamarin.com SHIPS AND SHIPPING June 2008 39